George P. Shultz

George P. Shultz has served in various Cabinet positions, including Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan (1982-89), and as Secretary of the Treasury (1972-74) and Secretary of Labor (1969-70) under President Richard M. Nixon.

Schultz is former President and current Board member of the Bechtel Group, Inc.., and former Chairman of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. In these roles he has been both an outspoken proponent of the Iraq invasion, and a hefty beneficiary of the reconstruction process.=

"A distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, Shultz is the author of several books on economic and foreign policy and advised the 1996 presidential campaign of former senator Robert J. Dole on economic policy. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Shultz was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 1989." He is an honorary director of the Institute for International Economics.

He is also on the board of counselors for the Arabic media group Layalina Productions and on the board of advisors of the Children's Scholarship Fund.


 * Honorary Chair, US Asia Pacific Council
 * Trustee, Council for Excellence in Government
 * International Advisory Board, Freeman-Spogli Institute
 * Advisory Board, American Institutions of Democracy
 * Director, American Council for Capital Formation
 * Founders Group, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
 * Advisory Board (Honorary Chair), United States-Indonesia Society
 * Advisory Board, Spirit of America

Schultz was a member of Princeton's Class of 1942. "After earning his PhD at MIT, Shultz was a member of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers before joining the faculty of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, where he later served as dean. Appointed U.S. Secretary of Labor in 1969, he went on to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget and Secretary of the Treasury and to chair the Council of Economic Advisers under President Nixon.

"In 1974 Shultz left government to become president and director of the Bechtel Group for eight years. He also taught at Stanford University until appointed Secretary of State by President Reagan in 1982. In this position for seven years, he played a key role in implementing foreign policy that brought about the end of the Cold War and the development of strong relationships between the United States and countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

"After leaving office in 1989, Shultz became director and senior counselor at Bechtel, professor of international economics at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution. In January 1989 he was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. In 1971 Princeton presented him with its Woodrow Wilson Award, given annually to an alumnus in recognition of distinguished achievement 'in the nation's service.'

"Among Shultz's many books are Economic Policy Beyond the Headlines (1978) and Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State (1993)." 

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